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Northeastern and Facebook partner on next generation research projects
Facebook announced on Wednesday that Northeastern is one of 17 research universities selected to partner with the company on next generation, joint technology projects. The Sponsored Academic Research Agreement makes […]
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CCIS dean named fellow of leading international computing society
Carla E. Brodley, dean of the College of Computer and Information Science, has several driving passions. Among them are advancing participation of women and underrepresented minorities in computer science and […]
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New web tool helps online shoppers detect price discrimination on e-commerce sites
Northeastern University researchers have developed a web tool that could help consumers avoid being the victims of online price discrimination. The researchers developed a extension, which officially launched Monday, designed for desktop users searching in Google Chrome, the most-used internet browser. Here’s how it works: Download the extension and visit one of three sites it supports: Amazon, Google Flights, and Priceline Hotels. Once you do a search, it will then quickly send back and seamlessly merge into your screen the results showing whether you are receiving a different price, higher or lower, than the price the servers are getting.
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Media coverage roundup: CCIS Professor Gene Cooperman and CCIS PhD student run largest known transparent checkpointing process
CCIS Professor Gene Cooperman and CCIS PhD student Jiajun Cao led a team of researchers to run the largest known transparent checkpointing process to date. 11/23/16 Science Blog: Save your work: […]
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Dean Carla Brodley named 2016 ACM fellow
NEW YORK, NY, December 8, 2016 – ACM, the world’s leading computing society, has named 53 of its members as ACM Fellows for major contributions in areas including artificial intelligence, […]
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CCIS Researchers find racial, gender bias in online freelance marketplaces
In the so-called “gig economy,” where algorithms, not people, drive the matches between workers and customers, hiring someone—from a plumber to a logo designer—should be bias free, right? Wrong, according to new research led by Northeastern’s Christo Wilson. The researchers explored two prominent online marketplaces that facilitate freelance services and found that both exhibit racial and gender disparities. They were TaskRabbit, which caters to physical household tasks, and Fiverr, which offers virtual creative services.
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Photos of the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex (ISEC)
Construction nears completion on the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex (ISEC) on Columbus Avenue at Northeastern University.
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